Kirinyaga County Fiscal Strategy Paper 2016

Abstract

The County Government of Kirinyaga aligns its integrated development plan with the Kenya’s vision 2030. Vision 2030, the envisioned development blueprint is rolled out in five year Medium Term. For purposes of clarity, this County Fiscal Strategy Paper bases its framework from the Second Medium Term whose implementation timeframe covers between 2013 -2017. The County Fiscal Strategy Paper seeks to give a foundation sub-structure to the 2016/17 budget .Most significantly, the paper gives significant cognizant to the 3 Pillars (Economic, Social and Political pillars) of Kenya’s Vision 2030. In the Economic Front, the county government of Kirinyaga continues to give priority and hence substantive resource allocation to the agricultural sector. The sector is the biggest source of income and employment for Majority of households in the county. In deed the county has a countrywide recognition from its large scale production of Rice; data from KNBS shows that over 75% total national rice output in the country is grown in Mwea Irrigation Scheme, in Kirinyaga County. Other significant cash crops from the county include Tea, Coffee, French Beans and Bananas. Because of these, the sector got the highest recurrent ceiling of 18.5% and development ceiling of 14%. Other departments in the economic pillars like Trade, Co-operatives and Tourism get a combined Budget of 5% recurrent and 5% development budget.